As Chicago-area groups join in relief efforts for Turkey and Syria, Mehmet Deniz of Palatine says he senses global unity: 'I don’t feel lonely.”
10 provinces in Turkey that are home to some 13.5 million people, as well as a large area in northwest Syria that is home to millions.new 6.4 magnitude earthquake
Several family members go to Antakya on the weekend to visit the city and his brother was there with his wife and kids when the first earthquake hit. “We found out that 50 of them were dead, we didn’t know yet about the others,” he said. “We didn’t know if they were also alive or not. Now I know, 100 of my relatives have died.”Displaced residents at a tent camp established in downtown Antakya, Turkey, on Feb. 15, 2023. Rescue efforts were still underway in hundreds of buildings for survivors of the magnitude-7.8 earthquake and its aftershocks.
“I’m always waiting for bad news, like I don’t want to, but I’m always waiting,” he said. “I’m really tired.” Though Deniz was born and raised in Sarıbük, he said he attended high school and college in Istanbul. Gulce Gavaz, left, of New York, and her daughter, Mevla Gavaz, of Norwood Park, wipe away tears while attending a vigil to pray and take action for the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. The vigil took place at the Turkish American Society of Chicago in Mount Prospect.
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